GAME IN A NUTSHELL: Sigh.
There are ways to lose a game. And then there are ways to really lose a game. And then there’s what happened tonight at Nationals Park. It was as painful as any loss this team has ever suffered, ranking alongside postseason heartbreakers, arguably even tougher to stomach than those. At least in those instances, the opponent beat the Nats. This time, the Nats beat themselves. Or, more specifically, their bullpen did.
Only moments after Michael Taylor’s bases-loaded, single-plus-three-base-error left the crowd in a frenzy, with the Nationals opening up what appeared to be a commanding 7-1 lead entering the seventh inning, everything collapsed in a manner that defied explanation.